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as in imitates
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
team members good-naturedly mocked the coach's familiar bellow
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as in ridicules
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the fashion gurus loved to mock the famous couple for their unsophisticated clothes
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as in disobeys
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
a person willing to mock the religious prohibition against working on the Sabbath
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as in jokes
a person or thing that is made fun of
they made a mock of the new recruit in front of the whole unit
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as in copies
something that is made to look exactly like something else
obviously, the "priceless" Grecian urn that is destroyed in the movie was a mock
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Recent Examples of mocks
Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The worst thing Isabella does to Cathy is murder the doll version of her after Cathy mocks her feelings for Heathcliff.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Chelsea Handler honors Rob Reiner, mocks DiCaprio's 'Titanic' vacationNeed a news break?
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
There, Callahan mocks him, saying that killing him won't assuage Mike of his guilt.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
Trump mocks Biden, Obama with new plaques under 'Presidential Walk of Fame' portraits.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Several outlets and major NFL draft boards list a handful of likely first-rounders, notably Oregon's Dante Moore, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza, and Alabama's Ty Simpson, but many mocks suggest there will not be a deep, surefire class at the top.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Her other fibs may be humorous, but the film never mocks her.
—Fred Topel, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
In Ringu, Sadako psychically kills a journalist who mocks her mother’s psychic abilities.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
But most mocks have Concepcion taken between picks 20 and 40.
—Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
Today, reality mocks the dream.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The worst thing Isabella does to Cathy is murder the doll version of her after Cathy mocks her feelings for Heathcliff.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Chelsea Handler honors Rob Reiner, mocks DiCaprio's 'Titanic' vacationNeed a news break?
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
There, Callahan mocks him, saying that killing him won't assuage Mike of his guilt.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
Trump mocks Biden, Obama with new plaques under 'Presidential Walk of Fame' portraits.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Several outlets and major NFL draft boards list a handful of likely first-rounders, notably Oregon's Dante Moore, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza, and Alabama's Ty Simpson, but many mocks suggest there will not be a deep, surefire class at the top.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Her other fibs may be humorous, but the film never mocks her.
—Fred Topel, Deadline, 15 Nov. 2025
In Ringu, Sadako psychically kills a journalist who mocks her mother’s psychic abilities.
—Will Borger, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
Before the college football season, Ohio State’s Sonny Styles was projected to land in Denver by several mocks.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Feb. 2026
But most mocks have Concepcion taken between picks 20 and 40.
—Austin American Statesman, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mocks
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Patagonia’s proprietary synthetic fill imitates down’s structure by spinning air-trapping microfilaments around a central fiber and requires fewer stabilizing seams and baffles than down.—
Kelly Bastone,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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And, because life sometimes imitates art, Williams and Storrie are heading to the Olympics.—
Anna Zucca,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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Back in their teenage years, Lexi’s older sister Andrea is depicted as a mean girl who ridicules Catherine mercilessly.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
9 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s the loud kind, where the audience openly ridicules you.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Still, a young kid is a young kid no matter the era, and to fulfill his wish of seeing real dinosaurs, Arco disobeys his parents.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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Weekend Update The Weekend Updates desk jokes are fine to good, especially considering some of them were rewritten under duress.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
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Cole framed his opening monologue like a prayer, with jokes about Teyana Taylor’s relationship status, 50 Cent’s pettiness and Nicki Minaj’s politics.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
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As a solo artist, her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was a record-breaker that sold 20 million copies worldwide and earned the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1999.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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March is awareness month for autoimmune disorders, bleed disorders, multiple sclerosis, colorectal cancer, endometriosis, traumatic brain injuries and trisomy, a genetic condition characterized by the presence of three copies of a specific chromosome instead of the usual pair (two copies).—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Newsom has been trying to raise his national profile, adopting a combative style that parodies Trump’s social media strategy with similar all-caps posts, memes and merchandise.—
Adriana Gomez Licon,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Still, the disagreements in the region have been hard to ignores.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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Connecticut currently regulates licensed cannabis with a level of intensity that ignores relative risk.—
Rino Ferrarese,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ukraine has also continued its almost nightly long-range drone barrage of military and allied infrastructure targets deep inside Russia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Miami Hurricanes’ Keionte Scott and Indiana’s D’Angelo Ponds could be targets for a smaller nickel cornerback.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Mocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mocks. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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